49 C.F.R. § 1150.35

Current through October 31, 2024
Section 1150.35 - Procedures and relevant dates-transactions that involve creation of Class I or Class II carriers
(a) To qualify for this exemption, applicant must serve a notice of intent to file a notice of exemption no later than 14 days before the notice of exemption is filed with the Board, and applicant must comply with the notice requirement of § 1150.32(e) .
(b) The notice of intent must contain all of the information required in § 1150.33 , exclusive of § 1150.33(g) , plus:
(1) A general statement of service intentions; and
(2) A general statement of labor impacts.
(c) The notice of intent must be served on:
(1) The Governor of each State in which track is to be sold;
(2) The State(s) Department of Transportation or equivalent agency;
(3) The national offices of the labor unions with employees on the affected line(s); and
(4) Shippers representing at least 50 percent of the volume of local traffic and traffic originating or terminating on the line(s) in the most recent 12 months for which data is available (beginning with the largest shipper and working down).
(d) Applicant must also file a verified notice of exemption conforming to the requirements of (b) above and of § 1150.34 , and certify compliance with § 1150.35 (a), (b), and (c) , attaching a copy of the notice of intent.
(e) The exemption will be effective 45 days after the notice is filed. The Board, through the Director of the Office of Proceedings, will publish a notice in the FEDERAL REGISTER within 16 days of the filing.
(f) If the notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. A petition to revoke under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) does not automatically stay the transaction. Stay petitions must be filed within 7 days of the filing of the notice of exemption. Stay petitions must be filed at least 14 days before the exemption becomes effective. To be considered, stay petitions must be timely served on the applicant.
(g) Applicant must comply with § 1150.32(d) regarding section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, 16 U.S.C. 470 .

49 C.F.R. §1150.35

53 FR 5982, Feb. 29, 1988, as amended at 53 FR 31341, Aug. 18, 1988; 62 FR 47584, Sept. 10, 1997; 69 FR 58366 , Sept. 30, 2004; 71 FR 62213 , Oct. 24, 2006; 81 FR 8855 , Feb. 23, 2016
81 FR 8855, 2/23/2016

At 81 FR 8855, Feb. 23, 2016, § 1150.35 was amended; however, a portion of the amendment could not be incorporated due to inaccurate amendatory instruction.